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jim manley? guest: the fact is that the issue relating to health care it relates to immigration reform was some of the toughest parts of this process, especially in the house. the house and senate republicans have made it very clear that they do not want to have these 11 million immigrants to have access to healthcare. amongst the fights going on, especially on the house side, is whether they can even enter into these exchanges with their own money. again, it is a scare tactic by republicans. trying to throw obamacare into everything they can. they are spending a lot of time talking about it in immigration reform. host: before you respond, i want to share with you one of the latest ads. this is from the chamber of commerce. the president of the chamber of commerce standing behind the president -- this new 30-second spot released this week. [video clip] >> what we have today is chaos, de facto amnesty. >> we have to invite people to come out of the shadows. >> let's secure our borders, welcome our
jim manley? guest: the fact is that the issue relating to health care it relates to immigration reform was some of the toughest parts of this process, especially in the house. the house and senate republicans have made it very clear that they do not want to have these 11 million immigrants to have access to healthcare. amongst the fights going on, especially on the house side, is whether they can even enter into these exchanges with their own money. again, it is a scare tactic by republicans....
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jim and melissa, you mentioned those in particular. >> ok. yes, the founders and i know we probably have many academics in the room who make this their field of study so i tread with great trepidation. [laughter] the founders had different ideas about faith and public life. of course, we have james madison having written a towering memorial about religion and the role of government. one of the things that james madison was very careful about was insuring that government doesn't do anything that would end up undercutting religions integrity in america. that is something that has animated our discussion, that we want to ensure that religion has a vocal and a vital place in american public life, but that we never set up a system that ends up undercutting the rough edit autonomy -- the prophetic autonomy and importance of religion. they set up a benevolent neutrality about religion that is exhibited in the best of our traditions. when we welcome religion in the public square, that we also make sure that we respect religions independence as an act
jim and melissa, you mentioned those in particular. >> ok. yes, the founders and i know we probably have many academics in the room who make this their field of study so i tread with great trepidation. [laughter] the founders had different ideas about faith and public life. of course, we have james madison having written a towering memorial about religion and the role of government. one of the things that james madison was very careful about was insuring that government doesn't do...
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is goes to a point that jim raised. fundamental basis of what you are talking about which is planning the exit from the beginning, get in and get out quickly. i would hold that is the wrong approach. once you started thinking that you still plan to leave from the beginning and the focus is on leaving too soon rather than , youing an exit as an end are missing the opportunity to get things right every -- right. we have made the mistake of leaving too soon and having too short of a vision. i would wonder if that has played into your thinking. >> the last question on the front row. retired from both the u.s. since in egypt is going to settle is on -- own thing as syria is hopeless. the next issue is yemen. on separate occasions, i have asked a judge in general to tell me about their experience, they would not talk to me. should we go back to yemen? egyptian asked several generals to tell me about their experience am a it would not talk to me. first? why don't you go >> i would not step on that question. there were a lot of
is goes to a point that jim raised. fundamental basis of what you are talking about which is planning the exit from the beginning, get in and get out quickly. i would hold that is the wrong approach. once you started thinking that you still plan to leave from the beginning and the focus is on leaving too soon rather than , youing an exit as an end are missing the opportunity to get things right every -- right. we have made the mistake of leaving too soon and having too short of a vision. i...
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among the speakers, former defense secretary leon panetta and jim nussle. this is about one hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i would like to introduce maya mcguiness, the president of the committee for responsible federal budget and the president of fix the debt. [applause] >> thank you. thanks so much, everybody, for joining us today. this turned out to be an incredibly well-timed conference. on behalf of fix the debt, fix the debt is a nationwide, diverse coalition made up of citizens, business leaders, civic leaders with the purpose of trying to, in a bipartisan way, focus national attention on the need and push for a comprehensive debt deal that would help deal with the nation's fiscal challenges. today is obviously an important day. it appears as though we have a real plan put in place that would deal with opening the government and lifting the debt ceiling and putting in place a budget process to help focus on those discussions. we have, today, with us an incredible gathering of people who will talk about the current crisis we have been
among the speakers, former defense secretary leon panetta and jim nussle. this is about one hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i would like to introduce maya mcguiness, the president of the committee for responsible federal budget and the president of fix the debt. [applause] >> thank you. thanks so much, everybody, for joining us today. this turned out to be an incredibly well-timed conference. on behalf of fix the debt, fix the debt is a nationwide, diverse coalition...
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i have often pushed back against miss alexander's book, the idea of the new jim crow. be bad in its own way. it doesn't have to be the new old bad thing. book titles are almost never crated by the author. we've got to give her a pass on that one. that said, to bring back the slavery piece of it, i've also always pushed back around any attempts to make anything that is now that thing then, and one of the key aspects of why this thing now is not that thing then is simply what distinguished slavery in the u.s. south in the 17th, 18th, 19th generate -- century is the intergenerational nature of it. slavery there have been in other places, the thing that made the slavery different and unique in human history is the idea that you could expect nothing more for your children either than bondage. been doing this work, and also as i have learned more about the work you do, i am increasingly convinced i have made an error of judgment, and that in fact the current system of impersonation doesn't have this deep, intergenerational component. and so many ways, the marissa alexander c
i have often pushed back against miss alexander's book, the idea of the new jim crow. be bad in its own way. it doesn't have to be the new old bad thing. book titles are almost never crated by the author. we've got to give her a pass on that one. that said, to bring back the slavery piece of it, i've also always pushed back around any attempts to make anything that is now that thing then, and one of the key aspects of why this thing now is not that thing then is simply what distinguished...
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this is about 15 minutes. >> i'm jim doyle and i'm the president of business forward. those who are new to us we were created four years ago with the mission making it easier for business leaders across america to tell washington had you to create jobs and accelerate the economic recovery. thanks to the help of 50 of the biggest countries in the world we are active in 100 cities. we have briefed more than 400 different members, mayors, governors and members of congress and administration officials. we are honored to welcome gene sperling the president's top economic advisor to discuss how budget negotiations can move forward and what is ahead on the president's economic agenda. he is director of the national economic council and assistant to the president for economic policy, the first person to hold it twice having held the sail position for president clinton. prior to this he was counselor to secretary tim geithner. he served as the point person on manufacturing policy, housing, economic assistance for veterans, played a key role in jobs act and small business tax cr
this is about 15 minutes. >> i'm jim doyle and i'm the president of business forward. those who are new to us we were created four years ago with the mission making it easier for business leaders across america to tell washington had you to create jobs and accelerate the economic recovery. thanks to the help of 50 of the biggest countries in the world we are active in 100 cities. we have briefed more than 400 different members, mayors, governors and members of congress and administration...
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jim used a number of statistics. one that struck me is i have the right to a 52% of the afghan population thought the country is going on in the right direction. my question to each of you, what is your view? is the country going in the right direction and are you optimistic or pessimistic as we look forward for the next two years and after 2014? >> if you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there. the country is going in the right direction compared to where we started certainly. people feel more confident about the way their life is conducted. also as i mentioned, there has to be a bit of a relation [indiscernible] in the region. >> i also agree and the statistics were new to me. it is heartening that 52% of people in afghanistan feel the country is going in the right direction. i do not know the figures for pakistan. one other thing. some of the preoccupations in terms of thinking and concerns which the investor mentioned, what is the future of the country? where does it stand with the internat
jim used a number of statistics. one that struck me is i have the right to a 52% of the afghan population thought the country is going on in the right direction. my question to each of you, what is your view? is the country going in the right direction and are you optimistic or pessimistic as we look forward for the next two years and after 2014? >> if you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there. the country is going in the right direction compared to where we...
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let us welcome, jim sensenbrenner. [applause] >> thank you very much and it is an honor to be here today. i wish to salute reince priebus for that out together -- getting us altogether. this is important getting together and it shows the concern that we republicans have with minorities and in particular african-americans. some people ask why i am so concerned about civil rights. while i never knew dr. king personally and was able to see what he accomplished was worth as i was struggling to get out of law school and go to vietnam during those troubled times in our countries history. i hearkened back to a trip that my dad and i took when i was about 12 years old. we drove from wisconsin for spring break. when we got into the deep south, i saw the very strange experience of two bathrooms and two water fountains and motels that said white only or colored only. and we stopped for gas there was usually an african-american who filled my dad's car with gas and a white man came out and collected the money. usually the filling o
let us welcome, jim sensenbrenner. [applause] >> thank you very much and it is an honor to be here today. i wish to salute reince priebus for that out together -- getting us altogether. this is important getting together and it shows the concern that we republicans have with minorities and in particular african-americans. some people ask why i am so concerned about civil rights. while i never knew dr. king personally and was able to see what he accomplished was worth as i was struggling...
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jim crow quickly ended that. one of the challenges before african-americans, minorities, and women is the freedom to govern. we must do locally what president obama was able to do nationally, and go back to the individuals, groups, pastors who helped get us here and encourage them to make their voices heard and push our collective agendas forward. we are afforded an awesome opportunity to be here today. we have this opportunity because of people like martin luther king, who did not quiver or retreat in the face of injustice. it is because of those who demanded to remain seated when they were asked to move. it is because of those who marched on, even though they were weary and bloodied. one foot in front of the other. one song after another. one city, and to late did what people said could not be done. -- until they did what people said could not be done. we will march on. thank you. ♪applause] many times the answer my friends is blowing in the wind. it is blowing in the wind. the answer my friends is the dancer
jim crow quickly ended that. one of the challenges before african-americans, minorities, and women is the freedom to govern. we must do locally what president obama was able to do nationally, and go back to the individuals, groups, pastors who helped get us here and encourage them to make their voices heard and push our collective agendas forward. we are afforded an awesome opportunity to be here today. we have this opportunity because of people like martin luther king, who did not quiver or...
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bud and jim had many roles in government. i am sure that you as a former national security adviser and former cia director, that some of the things you have done for this country we will only know many years down the line. i want to say personally that working with them on improving energy security and reducing the dependence on foreign oil, they have both put their heart and soul into this. it is almost your life's driving mission to improve the security of this country by stripping oil of its strategic importance. we all appreciate that very much. [applause] we will get into some facts and figures on the slides to refresh our memory as we go through the discussion. to add a little color in the beginning, jim, i know you have some sharp memories from the oil embargo. that your you into the issue -- that drew you into the issue of energy and the importance of energy security. what was your sharpest memory? >> on an october morning in 1973, i was driving into work. i was general counsel for the armed services committee. we wer
bud and jim had many roles in government. i am sure that you as a former national security adviser and former cia director, that some of the things you have done for this country we will only know many years down the line. i want to say personally that working with them on improving energy security and reducing the dependence on foreign oil, they have both put their heart and soul into this. it is almost your life's driving mission to improve the security of this country by stripping oil of its...
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that decision ushered in three generations of jim crow in this country. we do not expect this decision to bring back jim crow, that it --ll destabilize the country. but it will destabilize my state, destabilize the country. things that we have gotten used to. used to trying to make efforts that isdiscrimination. going to be destabilized. congress, we believe that congress will step up to the plate as it has done again and again. and overcome this outrageous and disgraceful decision. >> they represent over 80 years of passionate work in this area. we thank you for the work you have done. the naacp, legal defense fund, all of us will be calling on passionate advocates across the country to keep watch and keep an eye open for jurisdictions who may try to implement some kind of voting changes during this interim period. we will also be setting up a hotline number and that number will be released soon. our organizations will be taking complaints from citizens who may have continued complaints. especially in these covered jurisdictions. i want to thank all of y
that decision ushered in three generations of jim crow in this country. we do not expect this decision to bring back jim crow, that it --ll destabilize the country. but it will destabilize my state, destabilize the country. things that we have gotten used to. used to trying to make efforts that isdiscrimination. going to be destabilized. congress, we believe that congress will step up to the plate as it has done again and again. and overcome this outrageous and disgraceful decision. >>...
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jim is right on the espionage side. president obama has gone to some lengths to differentiate traditional espionage from intellectual property. we are on the verge of a cold war. that is because the cyber issue has now moved to the center of the relationship and it's made far more complex by all of the issues that jim raises. china is the world's second- largest economy, a very major trading partner and lender to the united states. that constrains us from doing things that we did to the old soviet union during the cold war but does not necessarily mean we're not headed into a cold war, it just means a much more complicated version of it. >> questions. right here. tell us your name. >> congratulations, jim, you kept your clearance. >> it was a close-run thing. >> the question i would ask, you and i are certainly old enough to remember richard nixon. there was a time under which kennedy and johnson, a lot of the practices engaged in what-- would have been acceptable or least they were kept quiet. one of the things that st
jim is right on the espionage side. president obama has gone to some lengths to differentiate traditional espionage from intellectual property. we are on the verge of a cold war. that is because the cyber issue has now moved to the center of the relationship and it's made far more complex by all of the issues that jim raises. china is the world's second- largest economy, a very major trading partner and lender to the united states. that constrains us from doing things that we did to the old...
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jim milstein put the meat on the bones of what was option number three, a hybrid where there would be more limited federal law, specific guaranty reinsurance actually like the fdic. have you seen that proposal? if you have, what did you think about it? >> i have seen it and asked my staff to do an analysis of it. we are in an ongoing process working through what the next steps should be, and we welcome the contributions. >> i would love to see your staff analysis of the concerns and issues raised. it is very intriguing to me. i met with mr. milstein and his staff, he was here in front of the committee, and it seems to work out. basically option three, included in the treasury white paper a couple of years ago. gothe challenge as we forward will be to strike the balance so we maintain access to mortgages, 30 year mortgages, and avoid having -- back in the place where they fell back on an implied guarantee created the financial crisis. >> that was exactly his advice, to be careful about the transition to where we are today. more than 90% of mortgages being federally insured, which is a
jim milstein put the meat on the bones of what was option number three, a hybrid where there would be more limited federal law, specific guaranty reinsurance actually like the fdic. have you seen that proposal? if you have, what did you think about it? >> i have seen it and asked my staff to do an analysis of it. we are in an ongoing process working through what the next steps should be, and we welcome the contributions. >> i would love to see your staff analysis of the concerns and...
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i don't know if jim has a question. ok, go ahead. >> quick responses. >> at the risk of assigning homework, i would ask that you all consider my question and come if you're so moved, provide information afterwards to keep us on track. this is following on some of what we have been talking about baby came came close to what i was thinking about. looking at what happened in 2006 with multiple point or roving surveillance, when there was some uncertainty as to how an authorization was granted by the court would be implemented in a given case and overturn requirement was imposed. mike question is, whether or not you are dealing with these -- my question is, whether or not you are dealing with these more harbor manic or -- these more problematic or statutory provisions, whether it is 702 or whether it be for this programmatic collection, i would appreciate your thoughts on that. i will also pose a two panel three. so you should come back for panel three and offer some opinions on that. provides for directives, can the judges
i don't know if jim has a question. ok, go ahead. >> quick responses. >> at the risk of assigning homework, i would ask that you all consider my question and come if you're so moved, provide information afterwards to keep us on track. this is following on some of what we have been talking about baby came came close to what i was thinking about. looking at what happened in 2006 with multiple point or roving surveillance, when there was some uncertainty as to how an authorization was...
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here is congressman jim hines. >> jim hines. >> your reaction? utility,the effectiveness, and support we would have for the kind of strike the president has proposed. there is not a lot of skepticism about whether or not this was an attack carried out by the syrian regime. while no one would say that it has been proven, evidence shows that this was an attack carried out by the aside regime. cannot comment on that. it is not clear to me that we know what the result of this attack was. was it undertaken by iran? the syrians? it is not at all clear that we have any international support. most of us agree that in these circumstances, military responses are ok provided swift international report -- response. >> what about this being a big, important legacy vote? >> it is certainly a consideration, but today there were a lot of memories for another time when the president was to say that this intelligence that they would have to repeat. most members are thinking more about the merits over the political consequences. >> if you were to vote today? [inaud
here is congressman jim hines. >> jim hines. >> your reaction? utility,the effectiveness, and support we would have for the kind of strike the president has proposed. there is not a lot of skepticism about whether or not this was an attack carried out by the syrian regime. while no one would say that it has been proven, evidence shows that this was an attack carried out by the aside regime. cannot comment on that. it is not clear to me that we know what the result of this attack...
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my name is jim bob. plaintiffs with mccutcheon in the case today. we did a brief on behalf of the republican national committee. we are very pleased with the results of the argument this morning. it is apparent that the court views these aggregate limits to limit how candidates a particular donor can support only nine candidates and only one of the three national political parties as a way to blunt of an instrument that causes first amendment harm. . we are very encouraged by the argument of today. we look forward to a decision by the court. it will help restore balance in our political system. right now the parties and candidates are limited in what they can accept. donors are being forced to give money into super pacs and not for profits. it is much less accountable much less transparent than candidates and political parties and by forcing money to go in that direction. we have a less healthy system with these aggregate limits. we will see them raise more money. money rather than by the candidates and political parties themselves. thank you. >> hi
my name is jim bob. plaintiffs with mccutcheon in the case today. we did a brief on behalf of the republican national committee. we are very pleased with the results of the argument this morning. it is apparent that the court views these aggregate limits to limit how candidates a particular donor can support only nine candidates and only one of the three national political parties as a way to blunt of an instrument that causes first amendment harm. . we are very encouraged by the argument of...
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i observed to rand, a native- born texan, that if davy crockett and jim gould alive today, they would have been standing shoulder to shoulder with him on the floor of the senate. [applause] i got to read from shakespeare's st. chrispin' -- crispin's day speech. there are some senators who were not there that night who have held their manhoods cheap and as a result. [cheers and applause] i got to read the opening monologue from the great movie, patton. cleaned up a little bit to make it suitable for television. it got to read president ronald reagan's 1964 a time for choosing speech. [cheers and applause] as they say in the beer commercial, it don't get no better than this. a second example is sequestration. sequestration has actually gone into effect. the white house is astonished. all of us remember the president's scare america tour. he went all over the country talking about the dramatic consequences. washington, d.c. is the only place on earth where the phrase draconian 2% cuts can be uttered. [laughter] after a while, the president was self parody as he described the consequences
i observed to rand, a native- born texan, that if davy crockett and jim gould alive today, they would have been standing shoulder to shoulder with him on the floor of the senate. [applause] i got to read from shakespeare's st. chrispin' -- crispin's day speech. there are some senators who were not there that night who have held their manhoods cheap and as a result. [cheers and applause] i got to read the opening monologue from the great movie, patton. cleaned up a little bit to make it suitable...
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[applause] >> i have dinner every week with jim demint. i have met with markley and -- mike lee and marco rubio. the claim that because you won't sign a letter are you for obama care iserly ridiculous. -- is utterly ridiculous. i don't degree that we need to get rid of obama care. i disagree with the tactic. you do not set a strategy at the -- out to try to accomplish something, ignoring a couple realistic facts. one, the only way you get rid of obamacare is with 67 votes in the u.s. senate. and two thirds of the house of representatives. unless obama is going to roll over and say, we made a mistake. i'm going to quit this. and i don't think that's going to happen. number two, i'm glad you raised the issue because it means you are involved in the future of our country. i believe that is admirable. mike lee, marco rubio, ted cruz have the purest of intentions, but i believe they are dead wrong on tactics. if you will recall, we had a government shutdown in 1996. we lost 15 seats in an off year election when we should have won 15. you are mi
[applause] >> i have dinner every week with jim demint. i have met with markley and -- mike lee and marco rubio. the claim that because you won't sign a letter are you for obama care iserly ridiculous. -- is utterly ridiculous. i don't degree that we need to get rid of obama care. i disagree with the tactic. you do not set a strategy at the -- out to try to accomplish something, ignoring a couple realistic facts. one, the only way you get rid of obamacare is with 67 votes in the u.s....
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thank you jim grier for being here too. he pointed you out this time. thank you all for attending this hearing, and the hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> in poor health, the first lady mckinney suffered from epilepsy. because of that, her husband, president william mckinley, would sit next to her at dinners, so when she had a seizure he would shield her face. despite her health problems, she traveled as first lady, even attending the 1901 pan american exhibition, where her husband was assassinated. we'll look ago the life of ida mckinley as we conclude the first season of our series on first ladies, live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> on wednesday, experts on wind storms told congress that not enough is being done to promote safe building codes and more federal dollars would help that effort. two house and science subcommittees hosted the hearing. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> goo
thank you jim grier for being here too. he pointed you out this time. thank you all for attending this hearing, and the hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> in poor health, the first lady mckinney suffered from epilepsy. because of that, her husband, president william mckinley, would sit next to her at dinners, so when she had a seizure he would shield her face. despite her health...
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[applause] and somewhere jim rhodes is smiling. you know, he came up with the whole idea of vocational education and somehow we got away from it. we're going to give a 16 percent increase to vocational education. and we know this -- look, if a student has a passion to make things or do things, and doesn't want to follow the traditional academic route, god bless them. i like to say my plumber makes more than my lawyer. okay. the fact of the matter is, feed kids' passions. whatever they want to do, let them have it. if they want to go home at 4 o'clock in the afternoon to work on a car, let them work on the car in school, and teach them about advertising because they're not going to sell their services if they can't write english. talk to them about math because they're going to want to charge for the work that they do, but don't cut them off from the possibility of a two - year or four - year education. we're going beef up the academics in those vocational schools so you can have it all. higher education. these community college pre
[applause] and somewhere jim rhodes is smiling. you know, he came up with the whole idea of vocational education and somehow we got away from it. we're going to give a 16 percent increase to vocational education. and we know this -- look, if a student has a passion to make things or do things, and doesn't want to follow the traditional academic route, god bless them. i like to say my plumber makes more than my lawyer. okay. the fact of the matter is, feed kids' passions. whatever they want to...
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i am a fan of strategic focus, which is where jim has put the emphasis. when you run one of these stations, as i have done, you learn very quickly that there are a lot of ways to get the right message or messages into a target area. during the cold war, the radio liberty russian service, which was arguably one of the finest services ever created, had as one of its most potent programs, film reviews that made all the points that one wanted to get into, get into this audience. i think that where you are located is important and how you connect it to the foreign policy apparatus is important. there has to be congressional input, a lot of it. but i don't think it should go much beyond. i think it should be broad recommendations. our general foreign policy goals this year are to look at the following areas. please put special emphasis on those. and then you to do a lot of experimenting. there is no bureau. anyplace in the united states that can write you messages that will work. it just won't work. >> actually i share a lot of what both of these gentlemen have
i am a fan of strategic focus, which is where jim has put the emphasis. when you run one of these stations, as i have done, you learn very quickly that there are a lot of ways to get the right message or messages into a target area. during the cold war, the radio liberty russian service, which was arguably one of the finest services ever created, had as one of its most potent programs, film reviews that made all the points that one wanted to get into, get into this audience. i think that where...
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congressman, jim marshall, president, u.s. ip, mr. stephen hadley, distinguished guests, amazing gentleman, i am honored to speak at this prestigious for him -- four room -- forum on peace and regional development. we appreciate usip's noble mission of promoting peace and understanding among nations. ladies and to him and -- and gentlemen, i have come here as the elected leader of pakistan, a land of ancient civilizations and rich cultural traditions, but still young and aspiring to be modern, moderate, and progressive. 180 million enterprising, hard- working people, dreaming of a better model in a rapidly changing world. they yearn for peace, security, and well-being that have eluded them for the past many decades. it is their hopes and aspirations i have come here to voice before this learned gathering. ladies and gentlemen, this has been a momentous year in our history. not only have we had a free, fair, and transparent general election, but a transfer of power from one elected government to another. an elected president succeeded
congressman, jim marshall, president, u.s. ip, mr. stephen hadley, distinguished guests, amazing gentleman, i am honored to speak at this prestigious for him -- four room -- forum on peace and regional development. we appreciate usip's noble mission of promoting peace and understanding among nations. ladies and to him and -- and gentlemen, i have come here as the elected leader of pakistan, a land of ancient civilizations and rich cultural traditions, but still young and aspiring to be modern,...
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people who stood up with me on the floor of the house fighting in support of reining in the nsa was jim sensenbrenner. it is important to note that he wrote the patriot act. but he has realized the kind of abuse that has happened under the patriot act and is working with us. i actually went into his office when i was pushing the amendment , saying i wanted to meet with him to convince them to support the amendment. i got to his office and when i got there he said -- i know you're here to tell me about your amendment, i will support it. he spent about 30 minutes telling you why it was important to pass. bringing a bill to the house floor, the usa freedom act, to undo much of the damage of the patriot act. so, this is something we are working on. it will be introduced soon. we need you to speak up, stand up, to call your representatives. i cannot tell you how much of a difference it makes when you call people in congress. it makes a huge difference. a huge difference. when people hear that their constituents are calling them, it changes their minds. i cannot tell you how many times i have
people who stood up with me on the floor of the house fighting in support of reining in the nsa was jim sensenbrenner. it is important to note that he wrote the patriot act. but he has realized the kind of abuse that has happened under the patriot act and is working with us. i actually went into his office when i was pushing the amendment , saying i wanted to meet with him to convince them to support the amendment. i got to his office and when i got there he said -- i know you're here to tell...
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host: jim from california, good morning, you are on. caller: the zionist think tank that put us into iran, and we got support for israel -- guest: jim, thank you for your comment. i am a former u.s. congressional staffer. i take personal offense that i put any foreign country interest over u.s. interest. it is easy to smear someone. i am trying to engage people on the issues. i encourage you to call back at some point and ask a substantial question, but thank you for your call. host: you are asked what is the motivation for france, russia, and china to support this deal? guest: they have different motivations. russia would like to see some restraint of the iranian missile threat because it provides them the opportunity to argue that the u.s. does not need to continue with the u.s. missile defense operation with europe. france joined the npt in a 1992 and has taken a strong view against nuclear nonproliferation, stopping the spread of nuclear weapons making abilities. france's foreign ministry has a very active nuclear exporting factor.
host: jim from california, good morning, you are on. caller: the zionist think tank that put us into iran, and we got support for israel -- guest: jim, thank you for your comment. i am a former u.s. congressional staffer. i take personal offense that i put any foreign country interest over u.s. interest. it is easy to smear someone. i am trying to engage people on the issues. i encourage you to call back at some point and ask a substantial question, but thank you for your call. host: you are...
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jim has simply been a pillar of the community. he has become an influential voice in have been widely involved in many educational and other organizations. have builds community centers that now costs including several boys and girls clubs. it's no surprise that he has received recognition of borders long history of community service including being inducted into the on to bernard hall of fame. he is also a gun owner of over 150 guns. as an avid hunter who has haunted all over the world and a lifetime member of the nra. he and i have not always agreed on gun-control issues of the day and on a number of other issues as well, but i have a deep respect for his point of view and for his commitment to making the world a better place. he said in an incredibly thoughtful email sharing his perspective are much tragedy and the steps he felt should be taken. most importantly, we agree there are many common sense. we can and must do now and i'm pleased to agree to come to washington today to discuss how we can move forward. thank you, jim. >
jim has simply been a pillar of the community. he has become an influential voice in have been widely involved in many educational and other organizations. have builds community centers that now costs including several boys and girls clubs. it's no surprise that he has received recognition of borders long history of community service including being inducted into the on to bernard hall of fame. he is also a gun owner of over 150 guns. as an avid hunter who has haunted all over the world and a...
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i also point out, in the jim i risen case, the decision from the appellate court judge, he also said that the crime could not have been committed without him. in other words, they are still treating him as a criminal as well. >> is this something that you see in the types of newsgathering techniques we have to use? are we seeing reporters go back into the basement of the arlington parking garage? >> i joke, this is forcing me to go back to being a lot more low- tech. a lot more face-to-face interviews, notes taken, ink on paper. only for completely routine, not very sensitive stuff. even in that case, i am not doing a lot of typing and putting stuff up on the cloud. i am not keeping my most sensitive contacts on any electronic space. i have colleagues who go even further, working on machines that have no internet connection, working in rooms that are the journalistic equivalent of a secure departmental intelligence facility, to prevent outsiders from trying to identify sources. there is nothing that i am working on -- and for many of my colleagues -- if the government were to learn t
i also point out, in the jim i risen case, the decision from the appellate court judge, he also said that the crime could not have been committed without him. in other words, they are still treating him as a criminal as well. >> is this something that you see in the types of newsgathering techniques we have to use? are we seeing reporters go back into the basement of the arlington parking garage? >> i joke, this is forcing me to go back to being a lot more low- tech. a lot more...
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children and their grandchildren and the generations that followed continued their struggle, through the jim crow years and the years of the civil rights movement, inspired by dr. king's eloquence, today we have an african-american in that big white house on pennsylvania avenue. and they are all change agents. we are a nation of change agents. and that's why i am optimistic about our future. but, i still have a continuing ever present fear. i fear that big white building with the dome on it at the far end of pennsylvania avenue. we still have january 15 and february 7. be afraid, america. be afraid. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you. we have a lot of questions on a lot of topics. we will try to cover a little ground in a bunch of areas. this questionnaire asks -- you talked about the work yet to be done in terms of gay marriage being legal in all states. what do you see as the next civil rights fight on the horizon after gay marriage? >> we still have a long ways to go. as long as there are young people bullied and made to feel very inferior, as long as young
children and their grandchildren and the generations that followed continued their struggle, through the jim crow years and the years of the civil rights movement, inspired by dr. king's eloquence, today we have an african-american in that big white house on pennsylvania avenue. and they are all change agents. we are a nation of change agents. and that's why i am optimistic about our future. but, i still have a continuing ever present fear. i fear that big white building with the dome on it at...
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you. >> the fact is that every one of them was either a bric or, shortly after inventing the brics, jim o'neal invented something called the mists which were 10 countries for whom the leaders were mexico doing well, indonesia doing reasonably, south korea doing well, and turkey not clear. and you can't stay on top if you can't -- if you don't keep adjusting your policies and they haven't. they have begun to pay the price. will they learn the lesson? at some point they will. the sooner the better can we don't know about that. -- the sooner the better. we don't know about that. in africa, they say it is largely based on its waiting resources, but it is more than that. south america is divided into countries doing the right things, to countries not doing the right things. the ones not doing the right things don't look especially good right now. that is venezuela in particular. so even there we see the same fact they you better get your policies strain out and -- policies strain out and we hope they do it. >> cautiously optimistic. stan fisher? >> cautious as well. easy credit has been larg
you. >> the fact is that every one of them was either a bric or, shortly after inventing the brics, jim o'neal invented something called the mists which were 10 countries for whom the leaders were mexico doing well, indonesia doing reasonably, south korea doing well, and turkey not clear. and you can't stay on top if you can't -- if you don't keep adjusting your policies and they haven't. they have begun to pay the price. will they learn the lesson? at some point they will. the sooner the...
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and i founded jim the victims right caucus. this is important to me because my hometown of houston, texas is unfortunately a hub of this despicable crime of human trafficking. many are not aware that modern- day slavery occurs right here in the united states, as ranking member doggett has mentioned. the problem is very real, especially among vulnerable youth of the child where for system. story, whichs was given to me by shared hope international. after her parents passed away, she was placed in foster care at the age of three. she was shuffled from home to home until the age of 12 when she was finally adopted by a family. at thegan hanging out wrong place, the corner store, and her family did not know that she was there. she met a person who she thought she could trust. little did she know the person she met at the corners are was not a friend at all -- at the corner store was on a cardinal and one day she got into a fight with her parents, she called the one friend she had and he picked her up your she did not know this call
and i founded jim the victims right caucus. this is important to me because my hometown of houston, texas is unfortunately a hub of this despicable crime of human trafficking. many are not aware that modern- day slavery occurs right here in the united states, as ranking member doggett has mentioned. the problem is very real, especially among vulnerable youth of the child where for system. story, whichs was given to me by shared hope international. after her parents passed away, she was placed...
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he and jim served in iraq for one year. what he did for our administration, what he did for the veterans and their families, it won't be forgotten. [applause] i know the mayor will find this as a shock, but it is amazing when you come to speak at the steak fry, a whole lot of people ieem to take notice. don't[laughter]know why the hell that is. you have attracted the entire i haveal press corps here. never quite understood it, but i am learning look, folks,you know, when the mayor he talking about tom, -- hened satan thomas mentioned saint thomas more. he did not realize he wae and public officials. i do not want to change this into a mutual admiration society, you know, as well as i do, but i know them both very well and when he made that reference it reminded me of a play about that time when thomas moore was taking on henry the eighth, seeking to change the law so that he could get married. remarried. there is a famous scene in that play, "a man for all seasons am co- where his son-in-law came over with a fellow named ro
he and jim served in iraq for one year. what he did for our administration, what he did for the veterans and their families, it won't be forgotten. [applause] i know the mayor will find this as a shock, but it is amazing when you come to speak at the steak fry, a whole lot of people ieem to take notice. don't[laughter]know why the hell that is. you have attracted the entire i haveal press corps here. never quite understood it, but i am learning look, folks,you know, when the mayor he talking...
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thank you, norman dicks, and jim mcdermott. let me acknowledge congressman lewis and former congressman and republican leader bob michael, who both have always been great friends to tom and me. of course, i think senator harry reid and senator mitch mcconnell. for traveling a long way from the senate to the house. [laughter] to remember my husband. also, i want to thank the celestial on joy from japan. anderson, plus, the diplomatic delegations, for coming. ioa special debt of gratitude to speaker banner for making this memorial service possible. without his caring and competent staff, this event would not have happened. when my husband was speaker, we had about one person who handled this kind of work. the speaker has been most gracious and helpful and i applaud him for that. i want to say a few words about my husband. as you probably know, i work for him for years as an unpaid staffer. i did not plan to do in this when i married him in 1968. i was sort of wooed in. and i remained for the full-time he was here. i should say i
thank you, norman dicks, and jim mcdermott. let me acknowledge congressman lewis and former congressman and republican leader bob michael, who both have always been great friends to tom and me. of course, i think senator harry reid and senator mitch mcconnell. for traveling a long way from the senate to the house. [laughter] to remember my husband. also, i want to thank the celestial on joy from japan. anderson, plus, the diplomatic delegations, for coming. ioa special debt of gratitude to...
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my friend and former colleague jim clyburn had a chart of showing the correlation would deficits are and unemployment is. one side of it, the fact that you can't get this under control unless you get people back to work. i totally agree. i think the converse is also true. i don't think we will see the robust economy we hope for unless we take the wet blanket off the economy added that is this amazing level of debt and deficit that we have not had before. it is unprecedented able say as percentage of gdp we had one of the time, during world war ii, but, yes, we did not have the long-term liabilities we now have. it is unprecedented. talk to people back home thinking about investing, creating something, an innovator, job creator. this is a factor. so, i hope we will do something on the growth aside not just dealing with mandatory spending which i think is very much related to what jim clyburn showed us in the chart -- but also tax reform. because all of us, i think, agree -- i heard my colleague from oregon talking -- the current system is antiquated. ron wyden said it is 100 years old
my friend and former colleague jim clyburn had a chart of showing the correlation would deficits are and unemployment is. one side of it, the fact that you can't get this under control unless you get people back to work. i totally agree. i think the converse is also true. i don't think we will see the robust economy we hope for unless we take the wet blanket off the economy added that is this amazing level of debt and deficit that we have not had before. it is unprecedented able say as...
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[applause] you know there are two announced republican candidates for the united states senate, jim rubin and karen testament. that should be quite a primary. for those of you worried that dancing with the stars might go off the air, this will be a new source of entertainment. but to get serious tonight, the republicans think that the difficulties we have had with enrolling people in the new going toe care act are be their road to victory in 2014. but let me tell you something. and we all know this in this room. every american deserves a affordable quality healthcare. [applause] and that is why we are going to make the affordable care act work and i am not going to back down from a fight to do everything i can to make this law work to make sure that people have access to the health care they need and i am not going to be intimidated just like the rest of you democrats in this room are not going to be intimidated by the lies and attacks. [applause] because, to the republicans plan to make healthcare more affordable for more available? no! you know what their plan is? they're going to fight
[applause] you know there are two announced republican candidates for the united states senate, jim rubin and karen testament. that should be quite a primary. for those of you worried that dancing with the stars might go off the air, this will be a new source of entertainment. but to get serious tonight, the republicans think that the difficulties we have had with enrolling people in the new going toe care act are be their road to victory in 2014. but let me tell you something. and we all know...
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." >> this morning, a republican roundtable with jim manley and ehery, what the house might do with the immigration bill that passed the senate, gay marriage, and the voting rights act. later, david savage reviews the recently completed supreme court term and its notable cases. "washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning on this june 30. it is the start of a holiday week as our nation celebrates our independence, the fourth of july. if congress is in recess for the week. the, -- the president continues his trip in africa. one of the stories getting attention inside open "the new the web, itand on provides -- it requires most employers to provide free insurance for contracees
." >> this morning, a republican roundtable with jim manley and ehery, what the house might do with the immigration bill that passed the senate, gay marriage, and the voting rights act. later, david savage reviews the recently completed supreme court term and its notable cases. "washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning on this june 30. it is the start of a holiday week as our nation celebrates our independence, the fourth of july. if congress is in recess for the week....
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i am jim byrne. i am the editor of a magazine. a crooked lawyer fears -- of his faked a gift. they he broke was a leaker -- the hero was a leaker. official who noticed tax return. he ended up getting caught. i asked a historical background of leaking. where do things stand on laws andon on shield the definition of who is a journalist? i am in favor of the most broader definition possible. >> i am in terms of view of a broad definition. if it is so broad that it includes every body, you are given privilege to everybody in the u.s. it is essentially a three-tiered definition. it started out as one paragraph and it became longer and longer. the idea was to catch more people who are really committing journalist. one, dot test is the you work for or have a contract an entity that publishes a news newspaper,bile app, tv station? it is quite broad. most bloggers 11 entity -- that have an entity would be covered under that. there's a second definition. if you do not fall into that bucket, you can be covered if you engage in journalism in the past. journalist for a one year in the past
i am jim byrne. i am the editor of a magazine. a crooked lawyer fears -- of his faked a gift. they he broke was a leaker -- the hero was a leaker. official who noticed tax return. he ended up getting caught. i asked a historical background of leaking. where do things stand on laws andon on shield the definition of who is a journalist? i am in favor of the most broader definition possible. >> i am in terms of view of a broad definition. if it is so broad that it includes every body, you...
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here with the questioning today, jim michaels who covers military issues, and sarah. i want to begin with you. the comments last week by secretary chuck hagel meeting with members of congress to end sequestration and work out an agreement on the budget. when lawmakers return after the thanks giving recess, will that happen? >> i am not sure, but i am fairly optimistic.
here with the questioning today, jim michaels who covers military issues, and sarah. i want to begin with you. the comments last week by secretary chuck hagel meeting with members of congress to end sequestration and work out an agreement on the budget. when lawmakers return after the thanks giving recess, will that happen? >> i am not sure, but i am fairly optimistic.
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go read about jim messina going to be president in march and april we talk about the stimulus and people bar of. we talk about economic recovery and people say what recovery? we can't win on the basis of your record. we have to take a fifth and go eradiate mitt romney and we call it the grand bet because if it doesn't work we have needser money nor time to try something else. that's not a winning message of saying we've done all the right things and as democrats we've won this debate. it's very much up for grabs and going to be determined in the next three or four years. >> so flush that out if you're karl rove in the next election, what's the platform you want your candidate to run? give bullet points. two or three policy related things. we all understand there's negative sides, tactics and technology but every candidate wants to talk about something. that's my experience. candidates want to talk about what they're going to do. what would you tell a candidate that he or she should run on as a basic platform on economic and domestic policy? >> i think republicans have a disadvantage and
go read about jim messina going to be president in march and april we talk about the stimulus and people bar of. we talk about economic recovery and people say what recovery? we can't win on the basis of your record. we have to take a fifth and go eradiate mitt romney and we call it the grand bet because if it doesn't work we have needser money nor time to try something else. that's not a winning message of saying we've done all the right things and as democrats we've won this debate. it's very...
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and i could be wrong, so, jim, you just jump in and tell me if you think i am wrong. you will do that anyway. but anyway, you want the trials, you want the fcc to approve, give you the green light to go ahead with a trial. it seems to me that the fcc is saying we will do a trial but we want the following things in it, and there is not an agreement. does that look anything like how you see reality? because time is going on. >> right. >> and i think what mr. dingell said is it is just on the mark. we need to get going. >> i honestly think it may just be a function of our timing on this, as one chairman is on his way out and another chairman isn't yet in there. the questions actually issued were fairly recent, i mean, and they waited until 6 months after we filed the petition to actually ask the questions. and, frankly, i mean, like a lot of you, i have been around the town a while and i took the questions as a way of the fcc saying we are not ready to answer this yet. but i do take comfort in the fact that we have democratic and republican commissioners both on the fcc
and i could be wrong, so, jim, you just jump in and tell me if you think i am wrong. you will do that anyway. but anyway, you want the trials, you want the fcc to approve, give you the green light to go ahead with a trial. it seems to me that the fcc is saying we will do a trial but we want the following things in it, and there is not an agreement. does that look anything like how you see reality? because time is going on. >> right. >> and i think what mr. dingell said is it is just...
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we teach cold war history and teach that there was jim crow ll over the south. lyndon johnson in the civil rights acts. it look at the pushing of the environmental movement -- you look at the pushing of the environmental movement, going forward with the space program and trying to put science and the government. -- in the government. i can go on for an hour with accomplishments that the baby boomers have done. it has some validity to it. it seems that they don't have that art of negotiation. there is a spoiled nest. -- spoiled-ness. maybe we spoiled our kids. by the time our kids were born, there was the era of dr. spock and parents indulging their children to such an end -- a degree that we had high youth nemployment. people do not want to do the low-wage jobs because they feel entitled to more than a minimum wage job. the question of the parenting of the boomers is interesting and relevant. part of the boomer experience is the vietnam war. that divided the country. anytime i write on vietnam, i get myself in trouble. you cannot be objective about it. this grou
we teach cold war history and teach that there was jim crow ll over the south. lyndon johnson in the civil rights acts. it look at the pushing of the environmental movement -- you look at the pushing of the environmental movement, going forward with the space program and trying to put science and the government. -- in the government. i can go on for an hour with accomplishments that the baby boomers have done. it has some validity to it. it seems that they don't have that art of negotiation....
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this is an exchange which when congressman rogers as he questions jim mcgovern about the president's threat to veto what the house passed early this morning. >> the president has threatened to veto the bill? will said he absolutely veto. >> i think he is very serious about this. about him, it is about a lot of people entitled to health care in this country. they are now in jeopardy. your colleague saying the decision-making process is emblematic of some of the problems this president has faced. orst: the red line comment, exactly. john boehner's problems corralling his caucus on the spending fight has helped president obama by of scaring the fact that he is that the problem in his own caucus with syria. two weeks ago, we were talking about his fellow immigrants had abandoned him on his proposal and his intention to launch a military strike on syria. democrats were challenging him choice nowmmers, his abandoned for the federal reserve. this fight has brought democrats back home to him. he is standing firm on the health care fight, in part, as a matter of politics. --gives them a way t
this is an exchange which when congressman rogers as he questions jim mcgovern about the president's threat to veto what the house passed early this morning. >> the president has threatened to veto the bill? will said he absolutely veto. >> i think he is very serious about this. about him, it is about a lot of people entitled to health care in this country. they are now in jeopardy. your colleague saying the decision-making process is emblematic of some of the problems this...
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. >> senator roberts, senator jim was, senator boozman, senator hoeven, senator johanns, senator , senator senator thune leahy -- >> aye by proxy. i by proxy. , senatorr baucus ,rown, senator klobuchar senator bennett, senator ,illibrand, senator donnelly senator kelly. >> the chair will -- the clerk will report the boat. >> chairwoman stabenow. >> aye. five nos., >> and committee print is ordered recorded. make is authorized to technical conforming changes consistent with the actions of the committee today. thank you to everyone for their hard work. this committee meeting is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> congress will be in session this week before going on a memorial day break. both chambers are in monday. the house gavels and at noon eastern. members will turn to legislative business at 2:00 to consider bills and the secession of the role. later in the week, a bill deciding to feed construction of the keystone xl outlined by declaring that a presidential permit is not required. and legislati
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it last effective foreign- policy in this country was bush 41 and jim baker. the relation made sense. they did not overreach. ideology was important, but they steered clear of straitjacketed ideologies. i work for the last three administrations. i do not have the level of confidence, and i have worked for half a dozen secretaries of state, i do not know whether we are up to managing what it is you are suggesting. i will concede to you. but for the neighboring states. try to create a transitional government that we can recognize was a syrian prime minister. do much more on the humanitarian side. plan for chemical communities. reluctantly -- contingencies. reluctantly think about what we can do, without getting ourselves immersed in syria, test your proposition. test it. at the end of the day, this arab spring or what ever it is, is authentic and legitimate because the arabs for the first time in the modern. actually own their own politics. we are not a pol -- part of that. that timmy is hopeful. it is going to take time. if we can facilitate it, fine. i do not
it last effective foreign- policy in this country was bush 41 and jim baker. the relation made sense. they did not overreach. ideology was important, but they steered clear of straitjacketed ideologies. i work for the last three administrations. i do not have the level of confidence, and i have worked for half a dozen secretaries of state, i do not know whether we are up to managing what it is you are suggesting. i will concede to you. but for the neighboring states. try to create a...
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host: former congressman martin frost and former congressman jim davis. do you encounter the shutdown in your day-to-day work now? guest: i do. i work with a larger partnership and not everyone is working if you are not working and the contractors are not working. people talk about paying the employees and they will eventually get paid, although a lot of federal employees will miss paychecks. people living paycheck to paycheck, that means hardships and credit problems. contractors did not get paid for these things. that means they have to carry a real them a real burden. it's going to have a very bad effect on the economy. guest: and i'm with a national law firm. clients of the firm cannot get paperwork process whether it is dealing with fha, some other federal agency. the other thing that tom mentioned -- let's say you run a restaurant, cafÉ. the federal work force are ultimately made whole. they get their money. for weeks and weeks you have a much smaller number of people shopping at your restaurant or cafÉ. that may put you out of business. it does n
host: former congressman martin frost and former congressman jim davis. do you encounter the shutdown in your day-to-day work now? guest: i do. i work with a larger partnership and not everyone is working if you are not working and the contractors are not working. people talk about paying the employees and they will eventually get paid, although a lot of federal employees will miss paychecks. people living paycheck to paycheck, that means hardships and credit problems. contractors did not get...
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a special thanks to congressman jim sensenbrenner who showed thrust is true bipartisan alive and well when it comes to preserving civil rights. thank you for being here, congressman sensenbrenner. it was seven years ago 98 senators and 390 house members reauthorized the voting rights act by an overwhelming bipartisan vote. after 21 hearings and 90 witnesses testified a 15,000 page record was produced and congress passed the bill and president george w. bush signed the reauthorization because we all recognized that despite real progress in america unlawful and unfair discrimination in voting remained. i urge some of those discriminatory practices first hand in a series of hearings last congress and on the hill i chaired the first congressional hearing to examine new state voting laws that limited early voting, tightened registration requirements and riders photo i.d.'s. we then took the committee on the road. we went to tampa, florida and at the invitation of senator brown away went to cleveland, ohio. in those places we invited election officials from both political parties to testify
a special thanks to congressman jim sensenbrenner who showed thrust is true bipartisan alive and well when it comes to preserving civil rights. thank you for being here, congressman sensenbrenner. it was seven years ago 98 senators and 390 house members reauthorized the voting rights act by an overwhelming bipartisan vote. after 21 hearings and 90 witnesses testified a 15,000 page record was produced and congress passed the bill and president george w. bush signed the reauthorization because we...
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then jim morris discusses the work of the occupational safety and health administration. "washington journal" life at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> before congress returns from recess, we talked with a cq roll call report ert about the tax bill and where it stand in he house and senate. >> what is going on on the sales tax in >> before they left for recess they left legislation that would allow states to require that online retailers charge sales tax for purchases even for people who buy out of state. so an online retailer in d.c. would have to charge sales tax to somebody in michigan that buys something from them. >> lit pass? >> it looks like it will pass, we're almost sure of that. the house is less certain. there is still resistence there. the house leadership is not fond of tax increases or anything perceived as a tax increase. there is concern about the implementation of the bill itself and how difficult it would be for retailers. it's going to get a strong look in the house and fit doesn't happen this year, we could see it in the next year or two. what is th
then jim morris discusses the work of the occupational safety and health administration. "washington journal" life at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> before congress returns from recess, we talked with a cq roll call report ert about the tax bill and where it stand in he house and senate. >> what is going on on the sales tax in >> before they left for recess they left legislation that would allow states to require that online retailers charge sales tax for...
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thank you, jim. the task force says in our eport, all societies behave differently under stress. at those times they may even to conflict with their essential character and values. that's what we did here. were under stress and we took actions that conflict with who we are. who we are called to be and who we have committed to be. willing to rs not face the truth. and a loty euphemisms of state secrets. has etainee task force functioned as a sort of truth commission, revealing where we strayed from our values, about the light of investigation and analysis on to in the hope that the next time we're under that kind thetress, we do not go down same road and it's been an honor to serve on this panel. you, david. nick? >> final word. just in terms of new things here has discussed the general contours of the report, which is the most important thing. there are some new points raise in the report, discussion of the role of the international committee of the red cross and the debate inside that organization. an interview with the icrc w who's the representative in washington and we have a
thank you, jim. the task force says in our eport, all societies behave differently under stress. at those times they may even to conflict with their essential character and values. that's what we did here. were under stress and we took actions that conflict with who we are. who we are called to be and who we have committed to be. willing to rs not face the truth. and a loty euphemisms of state secrets. has etainee task force functioned as a sort of truth commission, revealing where we strayed...